Every now and then I throw caution to the wind and buy something that I am not sure what I am going to with it, other than it will sate my curiosity. Having bought the said item, I then keep my fingers firmly crossed and hope I have not screwed up, so far I have done ok but I know my luck will eventually run out.
My latest purchase is these, https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/284274450411
To put this into context, my listing room is small and my ceiling is a little bit lower than a normal modern house but £100 for two sets was simply too good to ignore ( they cost circa £800 per set when new under two years ago) Once I have collected them I will try to figure out how best to utilise them, wish me luck
Scratching the acoustic treatment itch
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Scratching the acoustic treatment itch
Modified Airlink BPS 3110S with LDA DC filter
TTs, Kenwood KD 8030 with AT OC9XSH, Opera Consonance Wax Engine mk2 with modified Apheta 2 MC cart, PT TOO awaiting restoration.
LDA MCJ3 phono,Schiit Freya plus pre amp, NAD M23, Audiolab 9000 CD transport, Denafrips Pontus 2 DAC, Mano Ultra2 streamer, Cisco switch, Audio Technica ATH 70 cans, Serhan Swift Mu2 mk2 speakers & NSNO W48.5 speaker cables
TTs, Kenwood KD 8030 with AT OC9XSH, Opera Consonance Wax Engine mk2 with modified Apheta 2 MC cart, PT TOO awaiting restoration.
LDA MCJ3 phono,Schiit Freya plus pre amp, NAD M23, Audiolab 9000 CD transport, Denafrips Pontus 2 DAC, Mano Ultra2 streamer, Cisco switch, Audio Technica ATH 70 cans, Serhan Swift Mu2 mk2 speakers & NSNO W48.5 speaker cables
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Re: Scratching the acoustic treatment itch
Good luck
If I was going to be doing it I would be using something I had to hand How about a few barley straw bales. Barley is way softer than wheat and oat straw is all gone
If I was going to be doing it I would be using something I had to hand How about a few barley straw bales. Barley is way softer than wheat and oat straw is all gone
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Re: Scratching the acoustic treatment itch
Ah...that's what happened to the spaceship from Blake's 7 !!??
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Re: Scratching the acoustic treatment itch
I've got plenty of bike inner tubes and tyres in the garage if you need to roll them up the road!
I think I might be in the HiFi trade.
I am not currently seeking treatment for this.
Current System: Linn LP12 Lingo Ekos Troika, NVA PHONO2 with BBPSU, NVA AP20 (White), Quad ESL 57s &/or NVA Cube3s (White)
I am not currently seeking treatment for this.
Current System: Linn LP12 Lingo Ekos Troika, NVA PHONO2 with BBPSU, NVA AP20 (White), Quad ESL 57s &/or NVA Cube3s (White)
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Re: Scratching the acoustic treatment itch
Reminds me of the "mushrooms" over the stage in the Albert Hall.
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Re: Scratching the acoustic treatment itch
Unless you have a penny farthing your tyres are going to be a tad small for the 900mm large discsCycleCoach wrote: ↑Wed Apr 28, 2021 8:48 pm I've got plenty of bike inner tubes and tyres in the garage if you need to roll them up the road!
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Modified Airlink BPS 3110S with LDA DC filter
TTs, Kenwood KD 8030 with AT OC9XSH, Opera Consonance Wax Engine mk2 with modified Apheta 2 MC cart, PT TOO awaiting restoration.
LDA MCJ3 phono,Schiit Freya plus pre amp, NAD M23, Audiolab 9000 CD transport, Denafrips Pontus 2 DAC, Mano Ultra2 streamer, Cisco switch, Audio Technica ATH 70 cans, Serhan Swift Mu2 mk2 speakers & NSNO W48.5 speaker cables
TTs, Kenwood KD 8030 with AT OC9XSH, Opera Consonance Wax Engine mk2 with modified Apheta 2 MC cart, PT TOO awaiting restoration.
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Re: Scratching the acoustic treatment itch
That looks to me like a good purchase, and I for one will be interested how you get on. Could you tell me the dimensions of your room and whether you have your speakers facing the shorter or longer length of the room.
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My wife would divorce me if I brought them into our home.
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Re: Scratching the acoustic treatment itch
I don't wish to suggest that your approach won't work but do consider that the acoustic problem with the Royal Albert Hall is/was reverberation time. The idea of the mushrooms was to deaden the reverberation, I think they have been fairly successful.
You say your ceiling is lower than normal so I doubt reverberation time is the problem. However I have heard the effects of sound deadening materials and they can work really well but the best treatment I have heard was a set of heavy curtains. I shall be interested to read your comments on how you get on.
You say your ceiling is lower than normal so I doubt reverberation time is the problem. However I have heard the effects of sound deadening materials and they can work really well but the best treatment I have heard was a set of heavy curtains. I shall be interested to read your comments on how you get on.
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Re: Scratching the acoustic treatment itch
I'm with the heavy (lined) curtains...and a rug, and textured wallpaper. Keep the speaker end damped and the listening spot fairly 'live'.Geoff.R.G wrote: ↑Thu Apr 29, 2021 9:39 am I don't wish to suggest that your approach won't work but do consider that the acoustic problem with the Royal Albert Hall is/was reverberation time. The idea of the mushrooms was to deaden the reverberation, I think they have been fairly successful.
You say your ceiling is lower than normal so I doubt reverberation time is the problem. However I have heard the effects of sound deadening materials and they can work really well but the best treatment I have heard was a set of heavy curtains. I shall be interested to read your comments on how you get on.
Paul's report will be interesting, though, because it's not something I would have tried myself.